Julie Tilsen, MA, LP, Ph.D.
Minneapolis, MN
Phone: 612.462.3707
Email: julie@2stories.com
Web: www.2stories.com
Julie Tilsen, Ph.D. is the author of Personal Responsibility Inc,: How Psychotherapy Turns Society’s Problems into Yours (OR Books, 2026); Queering Your Therapy Practice: Queer Theory, Narrative Therapy, and Imagining New Identities (Routledge, 2021; Winner of the AASECT 2022 Book of the Year Award); Narrative Approaches to Youth Work: Conversational Skills for a Critical Practice (Routledge, 2018), and Therapeutic Conversations with Queer Youth: Transcending Homonormativity & Constructing Preferred Identities (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013) as well as a variety of professional articles and book chapters. Her work is featured in several counselor training videos produced by Alexander Street Press, and Sage/UPG Media.
Julie is the recipient of the Minnesota Association of Marriage and Family Therapy Distinguished Service Award (2011) and an associate of the Taos Institute. Currently, she is living and working in Winnipeg, Manitoba, providing harm reduction services to people forced to live on the edges of society.
You’re likely to find Julie watching Minnesota Gopher Women’s hockey, riding her bike, on a hike, or tramping through the woods on snowshoes. She’s probably outside throwing a ball for her dog, Bumper right now. Coffee will be involved.
